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Domaine les Monts Fournois
Coteaux Champenois Ludes Premier Cru Blanc
2021
4.2
Region
France › Champagne › Coteaux Champenois AOC
Type
white · still
Grapes
Chardonnay
Alcohol
12%
Volume
750 mL
Tasting Notes(1)
4.2
Beautiful - but very young. Yellow fruit, vanilla, lemon, a touch of cream. Lemon tart. Barrel nicely integrated. High acidity, though a green edge is catching up. Great structure. Taut, mineral, precise - more nerve than richness. Needs a year or two to settle, but the bones are there.
About
Coteaux Champenois Ludes 1er Cru Blanc 2021 is the still Chardonnay from Domaine les Monts Fournois - sourced from the Les Monts Fournois lieu-dit on the south-facing 1er Cru slope of Ludes that gives the domaine its name. 100% Chardonnay, vinified and aged in oak.
The Bérêche-family side of this project has been releasing still Coteaux Champenois Chardonnay from the same lieu-dit under the Bérêche & Fils label for years (see the 2019 release) - the move to the Domaine label is part of consolidating the lieu-dit's identity around Juliette Alip's eponymous monopole project. Coteaux Champenois Chardonnay is small-volume by definition; this is small-volume even within that.
